US Embassy in Seoul Displays Black Lives Matter Banner in Support of Anti-racism Protests
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris retweeted the message, including “USA is a loose and numerous country… from that variety we acquire our power.”
(Picture: US Embassy Seoul/ Twitter)
The embassy additionally made some waves closing yr when it displayed a rainbow banner in toughen of the LGBTQ neighborhood.
- Reuters
- Ultimate Up to date: June 14, 2020, 11:03 AM IST
The USA embassy in Seoul draped an enormous Black Lives Topic banner on its undertaking construction and tweeted an image of it in toughen of an anti-racism marketing campaign throughout The us.
“The USA Embassy stands in unity with fellow American citizens grieving and peacefully protesting to call for sure exchange. Our #BlackLivesMatter banner presentations our toughen for the battle in opposition to racial injustice and police brutality as we try to be a extra inclusive & simply society,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday, together with the image of the banner in black and white.
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris retweeted the message, including “USA is a loose and numerous country… from that variety we acquire our power.”
Black Lives Topic protests are being held around the globe as a part of campaigns that specialize in social injustice following the demise of George Floyd in police custody, however the banner is noticed as a unprecedented, open toughen for the protest via an appointee of President Donald Trump after Trump connected violent protests to “thugs.”
No remark used to be instantly to be had from the embassy on Sunday.
The embassy additionally made some waves closing yr when it displayed a rainbow banner in toughen of the LGBTQ neighborhood.
Harris, a 40-year veteran of america Army who began in Seoul in 2018 after Trump appointed him, has privately mentioned that he’s making plans on exiting his place ahead of the top of the yr.
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